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Strategy & Business Models

Jumsptart Growth with Relevant, Scalable Business Models

The business world is changing at pace. Widespread strategic innovation means that business now face more complex and dynamic issues than ever before. In this course, you will learn to apply 21st century strategic models to your work and become one of the most valuable people in your company.

Understand how strategy has changed in the 21st century & what it means for your business

Adopt a dynamic strategic approach to deal with 21st Century continuous change

Turn your idea into a business model prototype

Anna Shaw is a Strategy and Innovation Consultant at Lucency, based in Sydney, Australia. She has 20 years experience appraising strategy, finance, and business models. This experience has been derived from working across multiple industries in the UK, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia, for globally based financial institutions, servicing some of the world’s leading corporations. Her broadly based skillset includes strategy and innovation, finance, risk governance, economics, general management and business development. Anna has an insatiable curiosity about how ingenious business models are created, executed, and evolve. Her core focus is on training people in all types of businesses (from start ups, new ventures and established firms), how to turn their sensational new growth ideas into value propositions that delight and business models that work.
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Details & Requirements

Length of time users can access this course: lifetime

Access options: web streaming

Certification of completion included

Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase

Experience level required: all levels

Compatibility

Internet required

Course Outline

Section 1: Introduction/Overview

Unit 1.1 - A Brief Discussion on Strategy and How It Has Changed In the 21st Century

Section 2: Defining 21st Century Strategic Thinking

Unit 2.1 - What is Strategy?

Unit 2.2 - Defining 21st Century Strategic Business Model Thinking

Unit 2.3 - Section Plenary

Section 3: Equipping yourself for the 21st Century business environment

Unit 3.1 - 21st Century Business Environment - Mega trends

Unit 3.2 - 21st Century Strategic Drivers

Unit 3.3 - Section Plenary

Section 4: Business Model Design

Unit 4.1 - The High Level Structure of a Business Model

Unit 4.2 - Crafting Effective Value Propositions

Unit 4.3 - Customer Facing Segments

Unit 4.4 - Infrastructure Segments

Unit 4.5 - Business Model Environment

Unit 4.6 - Validation and Testing of Business Models using Entrepreneurship

Communication Influence & Teams

Create a Healthy Workplace for Yourself & Your Team

Cultivate top-notch communication skills to augment your relationship with your staff and in turn, boost your business. As business moves faster and faster in today's digital age, it's essential to assure that clear communication exists across your organization--and this course explores the skills required to make that dream a reality.

Andreas Loizou has run training course since 1999. His clients include governments and financial institutions around the world. Andreas has also signed off research at BNP Paribas, worked in equity research at Goldman Sachs and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PWC. He has also served as Director of Training at FT Knowledge, and was the highest-rated speaker on the Financial Times Intro to the City program six years in succession. Andreas has a first class degree in English Literature from Leeds and an M. Phil in English from the University of Cambridge. He is also a graduate of the Faber & Faber Novel Writing Academy. His first book, The Devil’s Deal, was published by FT Prentice Hall in 2012. It featured on the WH Smith Business Book Chart, was Pearson’s Business Book of the Month, and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean and six other languages. Andreas is now a Leader in Residence at Leeds University Business School, where he talks to MBAs and Masters in Occupational Psychology about effective communication. He splits his time between London, Madrid and writing his next book - The Genius Guide to Modern Business Writing, which comes out in Spring 2015.
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Finance for Non-Finance Professionals

Money Won't Be Scary Anymore After This Course For Non-Finance Types

Knowing financials, especially in terms of meeting financial objectives, is one of the most important skills in business. Understanding the numbers in your business opens up a world of opportunity, and this course will help you get a grip on the figures without a formal qualification.

Dr. Janet Cole has over 20 years of finance experience. She trained as a chartered accountant with Hays Allen and worked in financial and management accounting roles as well as audit, information systems and business change. Dr. Cole worked for a range of firms during her finance career such as ARRI, Hoechst and Moss Chemists. She worked closely with managers and directors helping them to understand and make decisions based on key financial data.

Dr. Cole has been involved in providing finance and information systems training in her commercial roles and as an Associate Professor at Kingston University where she teaches on Finance, Information Systems and Business Change courses. She is the current chair of the Business Change special interest group for the British Computer society and contributed to the review of the Change Management Institutes body of knowledge. For more details on this course and instructor, click here.

Details & Requirements

Length of time users can access this course: lifetime

Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming

Certification of completion included

Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase

Experience level required: all levels

Compatibility

Internet required

Course Outline

Section 1: Introduction

Unit 1.1 - Financial Information and Decision-making

Section 2: Using Financial Information for Business Planning and Control

Business Writing

Gain Confidence in Your Professional Writing Skills

In our frantic, numbers-driven world, the importance of clear writing is often overlooked. Whether it's a two-line email or a two-hundred-page report, the quality and speed of your written communication is crucial to your career success. Stand out by mastering business writing.

Structure & plan your writing

Improve the flow of your writing & make your words easy to follow

Learn crucial punctuation & grammar tips

Understand the importance of editing & using feedback

Andreas Loizou has run training course since 1999. His clients include governments and financial institutions around the world.
Andreas has also signed off research at BNP Paribas, worked in equity research at Goldman Sachs and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PWC. He has also served as Director of Training at FT Knowledge, and was the highest-rated speaker on the Financial Times Intro to the City program six years in succession.

Andreas has a first class degree in English Literature from Leeds and an M. Phil in English from the University of Cambridge. He is also a graduate of the Faber & Faber Novel Writing Academy. His first book, The Devil’s Deal, was published by FT Prentice Hall in 2012. It featured on the WH Smith Business Book Chart, was Pearson’s Business Book of the Month, and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean and six other languages.

Andreas is now a Leader in Residence at Leeds University Business School, where he talks to MBAs and Masters in Occupational Psychology about effective communication. He splits his time between London, Madrid and writing his next book - The Genius Guide to Modern Business Writing, which comes out in Spring 2015.
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Leadership & Management

Learn to Become a Strong Leader with These Crucial Skills

The right leadership is often the difference between a good and a great organization. As with any professional skill, leadership and management can be learned and practiced; and this course is specifically designed to help you do just that, regardless of your role.

Understand your company & set strategy accordingly

Make important decisions based on strategy

Build a set of core values & brand that people will buy into

Develop the skills of others across the organization to deliver company objectives

Lead w/ charisma, integrity, & conviction

Richard Pettinger is Principal Teaching Fellow (Reader) in Management Education at University College London (UCL), where he is the director of the undergraduate and graduate programmes in information management for business, in the UCL Department of Management Science and Innovation. Richard is the author of over fifty books and numerous papers on all parts of the subject of management. His research interests are privatization and restructuring, the effects of organization and human behavior on decision taking in organizations, and the development of a professional and agreed body of knowledge and expertise for the ‘profession of management’.

Richard is visiting professor of management at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. He continues to research write and consult with companies and organizations of all sizes and in many different sectors. He regularly is asked to join panels and conferences as keynote speaker, conference and session chair and expert contributor.

Chloe Daniel has run and helped set up a number of businesses - a specialized education consultancy, a network for high achieving graduates, an innovative online job referral platform and a publishing business. Her expertise lies in management, structuring start ups, and getting brilliant ideas off the ground. Her parallel focus right now is writing a series of education books and growing her publishing business. Chloë studied History and German at Oxford University and started her career at an internationally renowned literary agency.

Business Analysis

Learn to Crunch Numbers Like a Pro & Become a Data Analytics Superstar

Successful people need a wide range of practical skills to make the most out of the numbers available to them. This course will take you through a proven process derived from years of teaching financial and business modeling to the world's top financial institutions.

Harold Graycar is an experienced executive with a broad background in information technology, business development and general management.

His degrees are in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia. In addition to his numerate and analytic skills, Harold's ability to communicate and work with personnel from non-technical backgrounds makes him a valuable contributor to multi-disciplinary projects, and an effective business trainer.

He has had over 25 years’ experience in technical, commercial and general management roles: advising corporate and government clients on project funding, models and strategies for business development, procurement of equipment and services and outsourcing of systems and operations -- all based around business analysis and numerate skills.

Harold has been a “power user” and developer of Excel applications since the product was launched, and has developed a number of Excel modelling tools for financial applications, workforce planning, HR profile analysis and transaction logging.

Harold has presented executive-level Financial Analysis, Forecasting and Business Modelling sessions for public groups and individual client organisations in Australia, Brunei, China, Malaysia, Macao, Philippines and Singapore. The focus is always on how to increase productivity with better hands-on numerate and information presentation skills.

Note from Harold:
“My courses are all about the important numbers that drive business: I try to make learning about them interesting and to help participants discover the strengths of their own capabilities.”

Brett Topham has over 15 years of experience in contract and project management, and has been a Project Management Professional (PMP®) since 2004. He has worked in a variety of roles in project / program management, procurement, contract management, and portfolio management. Mr. Topham served as the Deputy Account Lead with responsibility for a +$70M (annual) portfolio of U.S. Federal contracts, capturing and reporting financial data from all operations and projects; providing oversight, review, and approval of proposals and change requests; consolidating and presenting financial performance reports for senior management.

Don A. Cox has been a Project Management Professional (PMP®) since 1999, and has more than thirty years experience in successful integration and implementation of large scale IT systems in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Cox has successfully managed multi-year programs and projects ranging from $70M to more than $650M.